October 17, 2019
…when the unique neon artwork “Vices and Virtues” by Bruce Nauman flashes around its top stories. Inside, the building is home to a five-story-tall high-bay area with a 50-foot-tall strong wall. The , of its kind in the United States, it is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for testing large-scale structural…
August 23, 2012
…fill about a dozen artificial colonies. They are built with cement walls and stand on two rows of tables. Bees buzz around Nieh and his students, who are fully equipped with beekeeper suits as they convene around these homes. Nieh and his team of students are trying to determine the…
November 21, 2019
…Franklin Antonio Hall with state-of-the-art dry room facilities and equipment where the students will get the experiences that will make them fully ready for high level jobs in top battery companies.” The community rallies around the Jacobs School of Engineering Friends and industry partners of the UC San Diego Jacobs…
November 19, 2020
…in Louisiana prisons, contributed art work to a neighborhood project, worked with families through a local non-profit and worked directly with parents to help engage their kids in academic activities. New partnerships were also started with Akanksha Schools in India and a refugee camp in Uganda as well as local…
February 23, 2017
…the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f. This artist’s concept is one interpretation of what it could look like. Illustration by NASA/JPL-Caltech “This discovery provides critical insight for astronomers of where to look for more planets outside of our solar system in habitable regions, with the goal of understanding the range of environments in…
November 3, 2016
…to climate credits using state-of-the-art knowledge in climate change science. “It’s a breakthrough approach using real-time data to solve the issue of affordability and make clean energy more sustainable in rural areas,” said study corresponding author Nithya Ramanathan, president and co-founder of the Los Angeles company Nexleaf Analytics, which developed…
October 6, 2016
…by the environment.” The art of communicating science When he isn’t hitting the surf for science, Kapono is out catching waves as a way to connect with nature and his Hawaiian roots. He explains that the thousand-year-old practice is much more than a pastime, it’s a meaningful way to acknowledge…
July 9, 2020
…which relies on local community-articulated needs to guide the design and delivery of educational programming. "When we were setting up the MRSEC, we paid close attention to the diversity of our program at all levels," said Sailor. "We are particularly focused on diversifying the pipeline for materials science. This is…
March 3, 2022
…events. In a 1978 article in The Guardian newspaper, student Sharon Baumgarten praised the space as the only dedicated place at UC San Diego for women to gather in community. “Many people are turned off when they hear the word ‘feminist.’ They think we’re a group of aggressive, pushy women…
June 25, 2020
…to the combined Martial Arts clubs and volunteered. Then he was invited to become a college ambassador for the physics and mathematics departments at the University of Buffalo, and, eventually, he revived a Society of Physics Students chapter on campus—getting students involved to create more activities and events for participation…
